Dumping wagon or cart



(No Model.)

J; s. ERICKSON. vDUMPING WAGON 0R UART.

No. 557,570. 'PatentedApn 7, 1896! Il 4 |||||l l y "uw o WWNESSESz E@@LJWMM I 'UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

J OSEPII S. ERICKSON, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

DUIVlPlNG WAGON OR CART.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 557,570, dated April7, 1896.

Application filed December 31, 1895. Serial No. 573,890. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, JOSEPH S. ERICKSON, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Dumping Wagons and Carts,which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification andaccompanying drawings.

My invention relates to dumping wagons and carts; and it consists of anovel construction of actuating mechanism therefor, whereby the body canbe readily dumped and afterward quickly and expeditiously returned toits normal condition.

It further consists of novel details of construction, all as will behereinafter set forth.

Figure l represents a side elevation of a dumpingcart embodyingmyinvention. Fig. 2 represents a plan view of the bottom of the same.Fig. 3 represents a View through the body, partly in section, on line yy, showing a portion of the actuating mechanism. Fig. 4l represents asectional View through the body, showing another portion of theactuating mechanism and its adj uncts, the section being taken on linea; x.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalgures.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a portion of a dumping-cartconsisting of the body B, the shafts or sills C, and springs E, whichlatter are mounted upon the axle D by means of boxes, straps, or hangersin the usual manner, said body being mounted on the shaft H, whosejournals have their bearings in the boxes J, the latter being attachedto the sills C.

F designates a segmental rac-k which is attached to the body at aV pointF', said rack having arms G extending therefrom to a suitable hub F2,which is mounted on the shaft H.

K designates a gear which is mounted in suitable bearings and is adaptedto mesh With the rack F, said gear K being secured to the shaft L, andbeing actuated by means of the pinion N, which is suitably journaled ina box or plate M, which may be attached to the shafts or sills C.

The end P of the journal on which the pinion N is mounted may be squaredfor the application of a Wrench or crank-handle Q thereto if desired.

'll-he operation is as follows: The parts are shown in their normalposition in Fig. l, and

it will be evident that if the pinion N is rotated in the properdirection by its engagement with the gearK and the engagement of thelatter with the rack F, the body B can be caused to assume the positionseen dotted in Fig. 1. Upon rotation of the pinionN in the oppositedirection, the body will be caused to assume the position seen in fulllines again in Fig. l.

It will of course be understood that there are preferably two sets ofgears, racks, and pinions, and that various changes may be made in themanner of assembling the parts which will come within the scope of myinvention.

By having the body B mounted on the boxes J, which are secured to thesills C, as has been stated, the axis of said body is thus elevatedabove the axle of the Wheels of the cart, by which provision the body,when turned on said axis, may be raised in front to a greater distanceand 4caused to assume more nearly a vertical positionthan where the axleforms the axis of the body, thus increasing the throw of the body andgreatly facilitating the discharging of the contents of the same.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a dumping-cart, a Wagon-body, sills therefor, a shaft upon Whichsaid body is mounted, the journals of said shaft being mounted upon saidsills, and a segmental rack secured to said shaft, and having aconnection to said Wagon-body, in combination with gearing mounted onthe sills meshing with said rack, and springs common to said sills andto the running-gear of the cart, substantially as described.

2. In a dumping-cart, the sills C, the supporting-springs E attachedthereto, means for connecting the said springs with theaxle of the cart,boxes secured to'said sills above said means, a shaft having itsbearings in said boxes and adapted to support the Wagonbody, a rackmounted on said shaft and having a connection therefrom to said Wagonbody, and mechanism mounted on said sills for operating said rack,substantially as described.

JOSEPH S. ERICKSON.

lVitnesses:

JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIM, A. P. JENNINGS.

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